I hope yall enjoy the build up because the fun starts soon!
Chapter 14
Michael
"We're only here for a pit stop," Rider said before slipping out of his jumpsuit. "So don't get comfy."
We were in some sort of inventory room. Shelves filled the entire space, full to the brim with crates full of who knows what. Alex had already opened one of them to reveal Elgen guard uniforms, which he was pulling on right now.
"Those jumpsuits were ugly," Rider was saying. "And you Americans say that Brits have bad fashion."
There wasn't much the Electroclan could say. Ian did end up helping Rider and the rest of us find suitable uniforms so we could at least get out of those jumpsuits. Rider seemed extremely at ease despite all that had happened.
"Ummm," Taylor raised a still cuffed hand. "Rider? Could you please turn this thing off?"
She tapped her RESAT. "It's kinda… really hurts."
Rider nodded and simply tapped the machine with his knuckles, like he was giving it a fist bump. Taylor sighed as the thing powered down.
"How'd you do that?" Zeus asked.
"Magic," Rider replied curtly. "You guys would seem to know about that."
"Fair enough," Tessa breathed as her RESAT turned off.
Nichelle didn't say much but stared at Rider with a look of mild interest. Once Ostin was free from his cuffs he was already at Rider's side. Without any warning, he grabbed Rider's wrist and examined the ring on one of his fingers.
"Cool," Ostin said, tapping the band of gold. "It's supercharged so when it comes in contact with a RESAT it can overload it with a sharp burst of electricity so fast that it simply turns off."
"Thanks for the science lesson," Tessa rolled her eyes, but then gave a small smile.
"It's going to be useful if we're going to get out of here," McKenna said. "How exactly are we going to get out of here?"
"That's your problem," Rider put on the guard's helmet. "I've got Dr. Three to worry about."
"We're here for Dr. Three too," Ostin blurted out. "We're supposed to apprehend him so he can't create a super race of humans."
Rider looked down at Ostin with an expression mixed with confusion and annoyance. He sighed and sat down on one of the crates.
"Super humans?" he tapped his knee. "Like you all?"
"Yup," Zeus nodded.
"Well… is anyone going to give me the story here?" Rider sighed. "I have a feeling this goes beyond what we first thought."
"We?" Taylor tilted her head to one side.
"I suppose we both have stories to tell," he shrugged. "We don't have much time so what's the abridged version?"
Alex
All the training in the world couldn't have prepared me for the tale those kids told me. They all introduced themselves and told me their "powers", even gave me some demonstrations. I told them who I was, who I was working for. I left out some stuff, like SCORPIA or some of the things I had done for MI6, the stuff that wasn't their business. At the end of our little spiel, we were all a bit in shock of one another.
"So what now?" Tessa asked, twisting a strand of red hair in between her fingers. "What can we do?"
"I'm going after Dr. Three," I replied, getting to my feet. "You all can come if you want, but it also seems like you have a good escape route if you need that."
"We're staying," Zeus told him. "You're going to need our help hot shot."
I shrugged. Having some super humans help me out would be… helpful.
"We're definitely in," Michael got to his feet too. "What's the plan?"
I gave a small smile. This was going to be fun.
I honestly hope the climax is a good one. Dr. Three must go down!